In view of the tumultuous, conflictual, and divisive global environment; Russia’s military attack on Ukraine; and anti-government uprisings in Iran and elsewhere, this timely book explores the crucial roles that media, war, religion, and politics play in impacting people and forming public opinion around the world.

Prominent and accomplished experts in media, communication, politics, journalism, international relations, global studies, and cultural studies around the globe come together to present a vital resource for all decision-makers at local, national, and international levels. Multicultural and multidisciplinary contributors methodically research, assess, write, and present their findings through a variety of content and discourse analysis.

This significant collaborative book provides a valuable and much-needed global discourse and analysis of our increasingly divided nations and world. In this eclectic and multidisciplinary volume, contributors focus on various issues including the rise of nationalism, militarism, fake news, climate crisis, media corporations, economic inequalities, inequality, refugee crisis, cultural representations, social media, human interactions, information warfare, propaganda, and emergence of a new world order.

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Introduction

Yahya R. Kamalipour, North Carolina A&T State University

John V. Pavlik, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

I. The Global Context

1. Contemporary Geopolitics, War, and Media: A Historical Context

Lee B. Artz, Purdue University Northwest

II. Political Ideologies

2. Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations’ Debate: What has Changed 30 Years Later?

Raymond Taras, Tulane University

III. Social Media and Politics

3. Censorship, Social Media Corporations, and their Connections with US Foreign Policy Think Tanks

David J. Park, Florida International University

4. The world leaders on social media

Alexander Laskin, Quinnipiac University

IV. Media and Propaganda

5. Propaganda: Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News, and Manipulation

Marina Vujnovic, Monmouth University, and Dean Kruckeberg, University of North Carolina Charlotte

V. Media and Conflicts

6. Russia, Ukraine, and the Court of Public Opinion

Richard Gershon, Western Michigan University

7. Reporting War and Conflict: Global South Versus Global North News Frames

Maha Bashri, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain

VI. Woman, Life, Freedom: The 2022 Uprisings in Iran

8. “Say Her Name, Mahsa Amini!” An Overview of The Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran

Negin Hosseini Goodrich, Purdue University West Lafayette

VII. Media and Representation

9. Critical Analysis of Islam in the Western Press: An Islamophobic Perspective

Syed Abdul Siraj and Hina Nawaz, Bahria University, Pakistan

10. Image of Russia in American media

Greydina Nadezhda, Pyatigorsk State University, Russia

VIII. Climate Crisis

11. Local Crises, Global Catastrophes: Australian Media Responses to Permanent Crisis

Hart Cohen and Myra Gurney, Western Sydney University, and Antonio Castillo, RMIT University, Australia

12. Climate Change, Clean Energy, and the Purification of Society

Scott L. Montgomery, University of Washington, Seattle

IX. International Agreements and Treaties

13. NATO Resurgent: Will the Ukrainian Conflict Revitalize NATO for the Long-Term?

Richard Rupp, Purdue University Northwest

X. Global Information Warfare

14. Cyberspace and Information Warfare - The Threats to Democracy, Governance and National Security

Robin Maria Valeri, St. Bonaventure University, and Binneh Minteh, Salem State University

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About the contributors

Index

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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781538181843
Publisert
2023-08-15
Utgiver
Vendor
Rowman & Littlefield
Vekt
599 gr
Høyde
238 mm
Bredde
158 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
302

Biographical note

Yahya R. Kamalipour is a professor of communications and former chair of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, North Carolina A&T State University, USA. Profiled in the Contemporary Authors, he has published eighteen books, including the acclaimed Global Media Perceptions of the United States: The Trump Effect, Global Communication: A Multicultural Perspective (3rd edition), Global Discourse in Fractured Times, and Media, Power, and Politics in the Digital Age. He is founding director of the Global Media Journals network and founding president of the Global Communication Association.

John V. Pavlik is professor of journalism and media studies at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, USA. His books include Disruption and Digital Journalism, Journalism inthe Age of Virtual Reality, Converging Media, Media in the Digital Age, Journalism and New Media and The People’s Right to Know. He is co-developer of the Situated Documentary, a form of location-based storytelling using Augmented Reality and 360-degree video. He has served as a judge of the Emmy Awards for excellence in television news and documentaries for more than three decades.